A methodology for quantitative performance evaluation in minimally invasive surgery

The objective of this work is to establish a methodology for reliably quantifying the performance of an expert surgeon in laparoscopy with the long-term goal of validating surgical simulations. A validated simulation will allow us to quantitatively assess surgeon performance and evaluate new tool...

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Main Author: McBeth, Paul Bradley
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12142